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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Constituency changes 2011: the changing British electoral map

The Conservative Party has been committed to decreasing the number of MPs and we have now seen the recommendations on the changes to constituency boundaries (with loss of several Parliamentary seats). The full set of reports can be found here (at Guido Fawkes's Blog).

Unsurprisingly, Labour seats seem to be the biggest losers followed by the Liberal Democrats. If these changes had been in place before the previous general election, then it is likely the Conservatives would have won a majority.

UPDATE: Richard Moss has the latest analysis on changes for the North East here. Items to note is that Hexham will become the largest constituency in England -- and Sedgefield and Whitley Bay will become easier targets for the Conservatives. Sedgefield's most famous MP was Tony Blair, so perhaps the end of a longstanding safe Labour seat in the heart of Co. Durham?

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Thom Brooks

About Me

I'm Professor of Law and Government at Durham University's Law School. I'm also Associate Member of the Philosophy Department. I'm originally from New Haven, Connecticut and currently a Visiting Fellow at Yale Law School. I've previously held visiting positions at Oxford, St Andrews and Uppsala and previously taught at Newcastle University. I'm founding editor of the Journal of Moral Philosophy which I started in 2003 while a graduate student.

My current research interests are immigration law and policy (esp citizenship) and sentencing law and policy (esp theories of punishment and the use of sentencing guidelines). I'm also working on the capabilities approach and global justice as well as my longstanding interests in the work of Hegel and the British Idealists.